Outline of W3C WAI accessibility activities and releases during 2013 present at the Canberra Canberra Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design meetup. Feb 2014.

1. Web Accessibility Initiative
2014 Update
Andrew Arch - @amja
Member, WAI Education & Outreach Working Group
Canberra Web Accessibility &
Inclusive Design
#cwaid

2. Integrated Accessibility Guidelines
WCAG
(web content)

3. Integrated Accessibility Guidelines
WCAG
(web content)
UAAG
(user agent)

4. Integrated Accessibility Standards
ATAG
WCAG
(authoring
Diagram of the relationship between
authoring and evaluation tools, Web (web content)
tools)
content, and user agent tools such as
browsers and assistive technologies. As
each component adheres to common
standards, accessibility and
interoperability are improved. At the
W3c, groups of experts work in
collaboration on the
ATAG – authoring tools accessibility group;
WCAG – web content accessibility group; and
UAAG – user agent accessibility group,
UAAG
and others.
(user agent)

6. Raise your hand if you’re aware of:
 WCAG 2.0?
 UAAG 2.0?
 ATAG 2.0?
 HTML 5.0?
 CSS 3.0?
 WAI-ARIA?
 Indie UI?

7. Raise your hand if you’re aware of:
 WCAG 2.0?
 UAAG 2.0?
 ATAG 2.0?
 HTML 5.0?
 CSS 3.0?
 WAI-ARIA?
 Indie UI?

8. IndieUI
 Independent User
Interface (IndieUI)
• A way for user
actions to be
communicated to
web applications
independently of the
device
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

9. 2013 activity
What has WAI done this past year?

10. WCAG 2.0 becomes an ISO Standard
 WCAG 2.0 became ISO/IEC 40500:2012 in
October 2012
 Expected to increase internationally
harmonised uptake of WCAG 2.0

11. WCAG 2.0 internationalised
 Authorised translations released
• Swedish – October 2012
• Russian – March 2013
• Estonian – October 2013
 WCAG 2.0 Translations has a list of other
completed and planned translations
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

12. WCAG 2.0 for non-web ICT
 Working Group Note (WCAG2ICT)
 Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0
to Non-Web ICT
• September 2013
• Informative only
• Guidance on the interpretation and application of
WCAG 2.0 to non-web documents and software
• Collaborative effort to support harmonised
accessibility solutions
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

13. WCAG 2.0 clarifications
 Techniques for WCAG 2.0
 Understanding WCAG 2.0
• Understanding Techniques for WCAG
Success Criteria
• September 2013
• Reinforcing that W3C’s techniques are
informative and are not intended to be
required
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

14. UAAG 2.0
 Implementing UAAG 2.0
• Mobile Accessibility Examples
• Extending browser accessibility to mobile users
• June 2013
 UAAG Last Call Working Draft - For Review
• November 2013 - Comments by 16 December
• Anyone interested in
• Browsers
• Media players
• Assistive technologies
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

15. W3C process
 How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines
through the W3C Process
• Working Draft(s)
• Last Call Working Draft
• Candidate Recommendation
• Proposed Recommendation
• W3C Recommendation (Web Standard)
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

16. ATAG 2.0
 ATAG 2.0 & Implementing ATAG 2.0
• Web page authoring tools / HTML editors
• CMSs/LMSs
• Convert/Save to HTML tools
• Multimedia authoring tools
• Blogs, Wikis, Social media, etc
 Implementation testing – Candidate
Recommendation
• November 2013
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

17. HTML accessibility
 HTML5 Description Extension
(HTML5 longdesc)
• Last Call Working Draft
• September 2013
• Provision for adding longer text description to
complex images in HTML5
 Role Attribute 1.0
• W3C Recommendation – March 2013
• XML attribute – semantic info in documents
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

18. WAI-ARIA
 Accessible Rich Internet Applications
 WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices 1.0
• Implementation advice and examples
• Draft for review – March 2013
• Proposed Recommendation – Feb 2014
 WAI-ARIA 1.1
• Working Draft for review – November 2013
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

19. WAI-ARIA continued
 Using WAI-ARIA in HTML
• Working Draft for review – November 2013
 WAI-ARIA User Agent Implementation Guide
• For developers of web browsers and other user
agents
• Exposing features to accessibility APIs
• Last Call Working Draft – November 2013
• Proposed Recommendation – Feb 2014
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

20. IndieUI
 IndieUI Events (for mobile and more)
• Draft for review – July 2013
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

21. Web Accessibility Testing
 Website Accessibility Conformance
Methodology (WCAG-EM)
• Draft for Review – February 2013
• Final working draft for review – February 2014
 Easy Checks – A first review of web
accessibility
• Nine easy things for non-experts to check
• Call for review – December 2013
• Nearly final – please give feedback 
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

22. WAI Task forces
 Mobile Accessibility Task Force
• Develop specific mobile guidance related to
WCAG and UAAG
 Cognitive Accessibility Task Force
• Develop specific guidance related to cognitive
and learning disabilities
 Participants called for
• See Participating in WAI
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

23. Training resources
 Developing Web Accessibility Presentations
and Training: Resources Material
• Updated February 2013
 Tutorials for developers
• In preparation
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

24. Workshops
 Referencing and Applying WCAG 2.0 in
Different Contexts
• May 2013
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

25. R&D Symposiums
 Text Customisation for Readability
• 19 November 2012
 Easy to Read on the Web
• 3 December 2012
 User Modelling for Accessibility
• 15 July 2013
 Accessible e-Learning
• 16 December 2013
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/

26. Keeping up-to-date
 Participation opportunities
• Participate in Working Groups or Task Forces
• Review Guidelines and Documents
• Submit Techniques for Implementing Guidelines
• Monitor mailing lists
 WAI Interest Group
• A public group with a mailing list for general discussion
on Web accessibility
• WAI-IG mailing list archives
Developed with material from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org/WAI/